CHHIBRAMAU

About Chhibramau

Chhibramau is a city with the status of "Nagar Palika Parishad" and a Subdivision of Kannauj district in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city is lying along the National Highway No. 91 on Delhi (Dadri) - Kanpur route. The nearest airport is at Lucknow (148 km) and Gursahaiganj Railway Station is the nearest railway station. Chhibramau is located at 2709N 7930E / 27.15N 79.5E / 27.15; 79.5. It has an average elevation of 152 metres (499ft). Shallow lakes (jhils) are commonly visible in Chhibramau tehsil. Though many of those disappeared due to rapid urbanization of small towns. By the time of Akbar this city was the headquarters of a pargana. Early in the eighteenth century, Nawab Muhammad Khan of Farrukhabad founded a new quarter called Muhammadganj, with a fine sarai which was improved 100 years later by a British Collector. The town was administered under Act XX of 1856 during the British Raj, and prospered from its location on the grand trunk road. At...